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Aircraft and configuration
Virtavia's B-1B uses a combined wing-sweep and flap control sequence. The flap key or variable first selects wing sweep, then commands the actual flap positions. Its TTO control changes several takeoff settings together.
B-1B Lancer
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Virtavia's B-1B uses a combined wing-sweep and flap control sequence. The flap key or variable first selects wing sweep, then commands the actual flap positions. Its TTO control changes several takeoff settings together.
History & design
The bomber programme returns as the B-1B
The B-1 began as a variable-sweep bomber for fast penetration at low altitude. The B-1A first flew in December 1974, but its programme was cancelled in 1977. Four A-model test aircraft were built. The project returned in 1981 as the B-1B, which first flew on 18 October 1984.
The Air Force ordered 100 B-1Bs. Initial operational capability followed in October 1986, and the aircraft's first combat use came in Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. That mission marked its employment as a conventional bomber, followed by operations over Kosovo. This chronology separates the earlier experimental B-1A from the production aircraft represented by the profile.
Boeing · Select products in Boeing history ↗Boeing historical product catalogue, B-1 section.
Systems & details
Wing sweep is part of the simulator configuration
Virtavia uses a three-position wing-sweep sequence together with the leading-edge slats and flaps. The manual says the takeoff setting is loaded automatically when a runway start is selected. Roll movement also animates spoilerons and elevons. Consequently, a simulator flap command on this rendition represents a coordinated configuration change, rather than a conventional flap panel alone.
Virtavia · B-1B Lancer — simulator documentation ↗In your simulator
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Manuals & resources
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Simulator documentation
B-1B Lancer — simulator documentationVirtavia · B-1B operating manual · page 5 and wing/flap control sectionAircraft history
Select products in Boeing historyBoeing · Boeing historical products, B-1 chapter, p. 72Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
Virtavia B-1B Lancer
Virtavia · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020
Virtavia's variable-sweep B-1B Lancer simulation.
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